Most American men who die by suicide do not have any known history of mental health problems. So, what is to blame?
Fossils of Australopithecus in a South African cave are one million years older than previously thought. This challenges the consensus that humans first evolved in East Africa.
Such massive, early supermassive black holes have puzzled astronomers for decades. At last, we’ve finally figured out how they form.
It is little more than a fancy excuse for escapist fantasizing.
For the very first time, an AR contact lens was worn on the eye of a human subject. And it has about 30 times the pixel density of an iPhone.
The way to understand the earliest moments of creation is to recreate those conditions and study them. Why would we stop now?
Here’s why mega-eruptions like the ones that covered North America in ash are the least of your worries.
It’s the “intersection of burnout, imposter syndrome, and anxiety.”
Anxieties about being identified will be superseded by fears of being analyzed.
The Netflix show about a Birmingham crime family and their personal demons concluded earlier this month.
It’s the origin of our entire observable Universe, but it’s still not the very beginning of everything.
A successful trial that tested a vaccine against bladder cancer in dogs could help develop a similar one for humans.
He’s studied apes for 50 years – here’s what most people get wrong.
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Looking up at the night sky gives us a glimpse of the Universe beyond our terrestrial concerns. Here’s what’s out there.
The airships have a range of 4,000 nautical miles, can fly for five days, and can cruise as high as 20,000 feet at 80 mph. They take to the skies over Spain in 2026.
The architecture and infrastructure found may well have required the greatest amount of skilled labor of any construction from the same time period in the entire continent.
LIGO can detect the inspirals and mergers of the lowest-mass black holes, but not the biggest ones. Here’s how pulsars can help.
An out-of-this-world idea could help reduce some of the risk of solar geoengineering.
Photosynthesis is powerful but very inefficient. Humans can improve on this biochemical process to help the planet.
Seattle slowly raised its minimum wage to $15 per hour. The results provide fuel for both sides of the minimum wage debate.
On Earth, carbon can form millions of compounds, while silicon is largely stuck inside rocks. But elsewhere, silicon could form the basis of life.
Unlike other world rulers, Genghis Khan was laid to rest not inside an elaborate mausoleum but an unmarked grave somewhere in Mongolia. Maybe.
Humans won’t survive if we stay on Earth. Michio Kaku explains.
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What’s one of the most reliable indicators that a first date is going well? The answer might lie in how closely the couple is matching each other’s behavior and physiology. […]
At all distances, the Universe expands along our line-of-sight. But we can’t measure side-to-side motions; could it be rotating as well?
Modern cosmology conjectures different possible fates for the Universe and thus for the end of time. Details depend on which model is right.
More than 90% of human faces are home to mites that live in our skin pores. These friendly guests might be merging with us.
From the explosions themselves to their unique and vibrant colors, the fireworks displays we adore require quantum physics.